The first week of May couldn’t have run smoother in terms of my training. A couple of long runs along Perth’s beautiful coastline were followed by my first organised running catch up w Stefan and Kylie from the Perth Trail Runners facebook group.

This run was an out and back from the start of the Bibbulmun track in Kalamunda to Mandaring Weir. Starting just after sunrise we took off down a technical single track into the valley and through some beautiful Australian bush. The different shades of blue mountain contours on the horizon were breathtaking and i promised myself to come back for a multi day hike with Ola and the kids one day.

To be able to average 60kms a day/420km per week I’m going to have to work on my base running ability.

Unfortunately I can’t afford the time to simulate anywhere near that in training, so I’m going to have to work on building my weekly mileage and hope that the excitement of the challenge carries me over the line.

Planning to run from Brisbane to Sydney is one thing, working out the way to run is another.

I’ve been able to make contact with Andrew Hedgeman who’s introduced me to an app called Mapmyrun in which you can specify your start and end point and an option to avoid any motorways (which is both unappealing and luckily not permitted) – perfect!